Kim Wood Podcasts

ASAP PODCASTER Ed Cicale traveled up the Clifton incline toward The University of Cincinnati, where just down the road, lives retired strength coach Kim Wood. He spent over thirty years with the Cincinnati Bengals and hung around with the legendary NFL coaching great, Paul Brown. During his coach days, Coach Wood took a stand against drugs in sports and hasn't backed down! In fact, he's more feisty than ever and has his sleeves rolled up to take on anyone who disagrees. He's old school in a new school NFL. If he was in charge, there'd be few drug problems and less glitzy training centers around.

Interestingly, despite having a decent retirement nest and benefits, he's only mastered Maxwell House Instant Coffee in the days of Keurig Coffee Makers and French Presses! His Facebook page is a tip-of-the hat to the days without smartphones, uploads and Tweets..... though done quite icely using the Facebook format. His front yard has weightlifting decks should you feel the need to hoist and olde time barbell or Russian kettlebell. Out back, where some might have their Weber grill.... Coach Has a Lat-Pulldown pulldown machine. His home gym resembles a Swiss ski chalet with fine woods and lighting that cascades inside. Outside, giant evergrees keep the room shaded from the afternoon sun. Each room in his spacious home has training equipment, yes, even the bedrooms.... some of which is highly regarded as collector items by museum types but for Kim, just basic stuff for a daily training regimen. Like good music during the workout? He's in possession of over 10,000 record albums and music CDs. Fancy cars? Nope..... just a 1989 Chevrolet Silverado pick-up truck with lapbelt seatbelts.

He loves football, but doesn't like the direction that it's heading sometimes. Especially when it comes to the safety of the players. Coach Wood has seen many of his former players and friends encounter difficult times as they've aged and believes that the forces and hits that they've come in contact with are directly responsible for their present condition. Therefore, he's continuing his stance that more has to be done.... more research on the brain as it relates to football and even further advanced training of the head and neck to further prepare the players' bodies for the violent contact. The longtime coach and Nautilus training advocate was also one of the original founders of the world renowned HAMMER STRENGTH training equipment. Presently, he's well known for his annual head & neck training clinics and though he's placing those clinics on the shelf, he'll surface this summer (July 21 and 22, 2017) in a new location within Cincinnati, Ohio and a fresher topic and updated theme. Coach Kim Wood has been a regular guest on the ASAP PODCAST. Here's the May 2017 Kim Wood Podcast:

The NFL Draft is on the clock and I discussed that...and some of the big draft picks from the Cincinnati Bengal past. Coach Kim Wood joined me for this podcast and shared some thoughts on his upcoming FOOTBALL STRENGTH CLINIC that will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio June 2016.

He been referred to as a "live wire" and definitely loves his job to the fullest. ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power has known him since his G.A. days. Now, Head Strength Coach Rick Court directs the training program at one of the top college football programs in the country. We last saw Court down in Atlanta when he was a featured speaker at Coach John Sisk's Georgia Tech Strength Clinic. Rick will be the feature speaker at this year's FOOTBALL STRENGTH CLINIC and is sure to provide some pertinent and valuable information to help coaches at any level to prepare their players for the demanding game of football. DATE: June 26th/27thThis is the fifth annual clinic that is spearheaded by the former, and longtime, strength coach of the Cincinnati Bengals, Kim Wood. Along with Coach Court, Wood's clinic will also have plenty of other reputable and knowledgeable coaches as speakers. Here's our last call podcast with information pertinent to the clinic.

The event, which draws from a national base, will take place on June 26th and 27th. The Friday evening session, 7:00pm--9:00pm, will include social networking opportunities with top colleagues and professionals in the strength and conditioning field. Adult beverages and snacks provided. The Saturday slate will commence at 9:00am (registration from 7am-9am).

The retired Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood Podcasts have an incredible following on our ASAP~Athletic Strength And Power website. The webstats and podcast "PLAYS" shoot up every time. So here's more with Coach Kim Wood. In this podcast, Coach Wood speaks a bit on "Deflate-Gate" and how coaches are getting somewhat smarter in there planning and philosophies.... and reminds us about his upcoming annual clinic.The front end of this podcast had technical difficulties, so I deleted that part and saved what I could!

In what has become an annual event in Cincinnati, Ohio, Kim Wood is having the 5th FOOTBALLSTRENGTH.com training clinic on June 26th & 27th. Anyone working with football athletes...or those involved with sports performance are encouraged to attend this clinc.

Coach Kim Wood is the retired strength coach of the Cincinnati Bengals. He served for 30 years as the first full time strength & conditioning coach in the National Football League. Now you can meet and discuss football strength training with the coach, as well as coaches from afar. You can also hear from some very knowledgeable coaches who serve as clinic speakers. Here's Coach Kim Wood's Clinic Promo Podcast:

Do you have a vintage 1905 barbell in your kitchen? Kettle bells right next to them... strength training equipment throughout your home? Well, if you're the retired Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood, you do! Football and strength training have been intertwined into his life. He spent thirty years training NFL Players.... lived the life.... working for Paul Brown....Forrest Gregg... Dick LeBeau... Sam Wyche! Super Bowls. The whole deal. After having lunch at The Proud Rooster, a chicken place restaurant in the University of Cincinnati campus area, we headed back to his huge English Tudor home to record this podcast. The house contains some of the most hard to find and vintage strength training artifacts known to mankind. Coach Wood was also one of three co-founders of the Hammer Strength fitness training equipment. Strength training equipment, especially the older stuff, fascinates him. And, so does the National Football League! Checkout the podcast for some talk on training...his days with Paul Brown and the Bengals.... and some current chat on the NFL. He's basically an NFL Insider and knows tons about the daily grind of football.

With the same fervor as he had when preparing his players for the collisions and physical contact demanded by the game of football, former Cincinnati Bengal Strength Coach Kim Wood is preparing for his upcoming training clinic. He refuses to quit his mission. He has the passion and desire to help preserve the game that he dearly loves. In fact, more than ever, his mission is to make sure the strength and conditioning field does not lose focus of its obligation. Protect the Players. In the '70s, Wood became a forerunner in the National Football League, establishing strength training and conditioning for football players. Bengals founder and head coach Paul Brown, who modernized professional football with a systematized philosophy, hired Kim Wood in an effort to assure that other NFL teams did not beat him to the punch. In the '80s, Wood led by instilling a toughness character into his training program..... and the program worked. With Head Coach Forrest Gregg and later Sam Wyche, Kim Wood trained squads that made trips to two Super Bowls.Wood has been a regular and popular ASAP Podcast Guest

Coach Wood's other vision to accomplish is an unofficial association of strength professional networking: Ideas being shared, philosophies, methods and techniques being exhanged. So, if you're an aspiring strength coach, you could have networked and been advised and had personal discussions with the brightest coaches in strength training. All under one roof. So make plans to attend his Football Strength training clinic in June and learn from some of the true training legends....the NFL's first full time strength coach!